Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, left, has a closer look at Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone's, Purple Heart medal, during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Thursday. Defense Secretary Ash Carter honored Skarlatos, Spencer and Anthony Sadler, with medals for their bravery in stopping a gunman a Paris-bound passenger train last month.

An anti-Japan protester burns a Japanese military flag with a cutout picture of Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Hideki Tojo, an executed Class-A war criminal, during a rally near the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong, Friday to protest against Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party that pushed contentious security bills through a legislative committee. The Chinese words on the flag read: "Shame !"

A man searches for reusable material in the waters of the River Kuakhai polluted with offerings thrown by devotees after the immersion of idols of Hindu deities in Bhubaneswar, India, Friday. After worshipping them Hindu devotees immersed in the river several idols of deities Ganesh and Viswakarma marking the festivals Ganesh Chaturti and Viswakarma Puja.

Lawmakers vote for a no-confidence motion filed by opposition parties against the upper house President Masaaki Yamazaki during the upper house plenary diet session in Tokyo, Friday in their attempt to delay contentious security bills to pass. On Thursday, Japan's ruling party pushed the security bills through a legislative committee, catching the opposition by surprise and causing chaos in the chamber. The bills would ease restrictions on what the military can do, a highly sensitive issue in a country where many take pride in the postwar pacifist constitution.

A protester wearing a mask of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures during a rally against Japanese government in front of the parliament building in Tokyo, Friday. Japan's parliament is moving toward final approval of legislation that would loosen post-World War II constraints placed on its military, an issue that has sparked sizeable street protests and raised fundamental questions about whether the nation needs to shift away from its pacifist ways to face growing security challenges.

Patricia Elizabeth Velarde Calderón, one of several Mexican tourists who survived an Egyptian Army airstrike on their desert safari, is loaded into an ambulance at Dar Al Fouad Hospital in Cairo, Egypt as she and others prepare to return home on Thursday. Eight other Mexicans died Sunday when Egyptian forces hunting militants mistakenly attacked their convoy in the western desert.

A Palestinian burns tires during clashes with Israeli troops at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday. Palestinian protesters continued clashing with Israeli security forces on Friday in various parts of the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israeli troops fired tear gas, stun grenades and deployed a water cannon to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian youths. Friday's clashes follow days of unrest at Jerusalem's hilltop compound known to the Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount.

A Palestinian man uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli troops outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday. Palestinians in the West Bank protest in solidarity with protesters against the increasing number of Jewish visitors to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.

Pigeons fly as a Muslim Pilgrim makes his way to attend afternoon prayers outside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday. The hajj is expected to start on Monday. More than 1 million pilgrims have already arrived for the annual pilgrimage, which all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform once in their lives.

Muslim Pilgrims attend Friday afternoon prayers outside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday. The hajj is expected to start on Monday. More than 1 million pilgrims have already arrived for the annual pilgrimage, which all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform once in their lives.

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), leader K.P. Oli, center, signs the constitution document in the Constituent Assembly hall in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday. Nepal's Constituent Assembly had on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a new national constitution that had been delayed for years because of differences between the main political parties. The constitution, sets the country up as a secular federation of seven states, each with a legislature and chief minister.

A anti-terrorist unit of the Dutch police carry a man who locked himself in a toilet of a Thalys high-speed train heading for Paris, in Rotterdam central station, Netherlands, Friday. Police said in tweets that the arrest happened at Rotterdam Central station without incident. The train was evacuated as a precaution.

United States' Ali Krieger takes a selfie with a bunch of fans after an international friendly soccer game against Haiti at Ford Field in Detroit.

Daniel Scioli, the governor of Buenos Aires province who's running for president of Argentina, shows off his skills with a soccer ball before playing a friendly indoor soccer match against Bolivia's President Evo Morales, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday. Scioli is the ruling party presidential candidate for Argentina's next presidential election set for Oct. 2, of this year. Scioli, a former power boat racer, lost his right arm in 1989 in an accident while competing.

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an It's On Us event on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday. Biden was speaking about the importance of preventing sexual assault on college campuses.

Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, right, makes a save during the Europa League Group J soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Qarabag FK at the White Hart Lane stadium in London, England, Thursday.

Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (10) leaps for a touchdown between Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs Marcus Peters, left, Jamell Fleming (30) and Ron Parker (38) during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday.

Keith Richards smiles during the press conference for the film "Keith Richards: Under the Influence" at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday.

A fishing village is in ruins after an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the coastal town of Coquimbo, Chile, Thursday. Several coastal towns were flooded from small tsunami waves set off by late Wednesday's quake, which shook the Earth so strongly that rumbles were felt across South America.

Students from Public School 3 in Jersey City, N.J., wave flags representing the nations of origin of immigrants who became U.S. citizens during a ceremony at Liberty State Park, Thursday in Jersey City, N.J. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is celebrated each year on Sept. 17, on the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is expected to welcome more than 36,000 new citizens during more than 200 naturalization ceremonies across the country from Sept. 17-23.

Migrants walk from Serbia towards Tovarnik, Croatia, Friday. Croatia declared it was overwhelmed and began busing migrants in convoys back to Hungary and closing its border crossings with Serbia.

Migrants talk at the railway station in Beli Manastir, near Hungarian border, northeast Croatia, early Friday. Croatia has suddenly become the latest hotspot in the 1,000-mile plus exodus toward Western Europe after Hungary sealed off its border Tuesday with a razor-wire fence and then used tear gas, batons and water cannons to keep the migrants out.

A worker prepares to fit a wooden arm onto a Christ statue during preparations of the altar where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in the Plaza of the Revolution, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday. When Francis arrives in Havana on Sept. 19, he'll find his church ministering to more Cubans than at any time since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.

A cadaver dog swims through mud and debris during a search for the remaining victim of a flash flood Thursday in Hildale, Utah. The flood water swept away multiple vehicles in the Utah-Arizona border town, killing several people.

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